Happy New Year, Sunnydale After Dark!
We hope everyone had a blast with 2023’s ‘Tis The Season Event and had a chance to read some, if not all one hundred and one gift submissions!
You read that right… 101 gifts!
We admins were so amazed by the love you all shared that GC created an additional award. We didn’t want it to be a competition, which is why we were secretive little elves about the Spuffy Santa Award, an award to the member who generously gave the most gifts for this event. Everyone who participated was generous, but we were a little floored by this particular member’s holiday spirit for giving out stories to sixteen lucky members! YOWZA-WOWZA!
Congratulations to honeygirl51885! You are one big-hearted Spuffy Santa!
And to everyone who participated, your artist, author, and beta awards are now posted!
The comment scavenger hunt awards will be posted this week after the holiday winds down, so be on the lookout for the bronze, silver, and gold awards to grace your profiles if you submitted your forms in time. We’ll make an announcement in the Scooby Chat once they’re all posted.
It cannot go without mentioning another part of this event that members took into their own hands and created something magical. SAD Members all_choseny and Dynamite rallied together on Discord in secret to create The Merry Month of Magnus. Magnus374 has been such a huge supporter of Spuffy fanfic for years, and the thoughtfulness that went into giving him a gift every single day of the month was truly remarkable. Claire made a gorgeous banner for everyone to use, too, complete with author names and dates to keep everything organized! The talent, love, and holiday spirit you all shared was an event of its own.
That’s what it’s all about, guys. This turned out to be one of the best events ever!
From the absolute bottom of our holiday hearts, thank you for making this community so special and full of joy. Let’s all say goodbye to a wonderful 2023, and look forward to an amazing 2024!
--Grief Counseling, Dusty, Chelle, GetItDone on 01/01/24 02:12 pm 9 Comments
Aww, thank you so much for the Santa award! I tend to get a bit crazy with gift giving IRL too. 
But I truly appreciate it and everyone in this community, especially the mods for organizing all the super fun events! And thanks, Maggie!
This event has me humbled with all the love I received in amazing gifts and so much joy of reading the gifts to others. And of course the fun of writing a few of my own. It’s been a blast! Thanks for all you guys do for this wonderful community, keeping the spirit of Spuffy alive after 20! years.
This was a wonderful event! It was lovely to see everyone getting so invested in gift giving. It shows real community.
And the comment challenge pushed me to actually start reading again after a couple of months of not really doing much reading at all. I discovered a couple of new authors and finally read some fics I'd been putting off for a while.
Thank you for a fun-filled, fabulous December!
I think for me the favorite part was the collective gift for Magnus, and I'm incredibly happy that I got to be a part of that and make my small contribution 💗
I even got a couple of sweet gifts when I honestly expected to get none, so that was a lovely surprise 🎁
Happy New Year! 🎊
Congrats to Honeygirl for such well deserved award! 👏
And happy new year to all of you who make this site a peaceful and wonderful place to be. 
I have to say again that my gifts was a wonderful surprise. I also did like the comment challenge.
This community had truly become a spuffy home for me. I signed up back in June 2022 and pretty much ghosted the fandom (as I often do). Last year, I came back in the spring (as I often do lol) and just gravitated to the site. I've met some wonderful people, connected with those I might have seen around, and committed to writing my butt off.
I loved the Tis the Season event, and I hope it will become an annual thing for the community. I'm also grateful for everyone who rallied together to participate in Magnus' gift. I did not expect (although in hindsight I should have known) so many people joining in. You all rock! Congrats to Honeygirl for being this years Super Santa.
I loved this entire event from start to finish! I'm so happy with our warm and cozy archive and all we've done together this past year. Huzzah for 2024!! 
I love this site and community so damn much. Thank you mods for everything you've done and are doing for us, and thank you everyone in this community for all the love you constantly pour out! Extra special so for the amazing Honeygirl, because DUDE. That's incredible!